Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 explained
The prize goes to Francis Halzen. Press "Next" to continue.
It has no electric charge and almost no mass. It passes through nearly everything.
From the Sun alone, 65 billion neutrinos flow through your little fingernail every second.
Trace one back and you can point to where the most violent events happen.
He presented the concept at a conference in Poland in 1988.
Hot water drills holes down to about 2,500 metres. Cables of sensors are lowered in.
5,160 sensors on 86 cables. Each is a lightbulb in reverse: it turns light into an electrical signal.
A single idea, carried by many researchers over more than 20 years, became a new kind of astronomy.
Neutrinos tell us where the universe's most violent processes happen.
Source: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Popular Science Background.